di Caterina De Vivo
ABSTRACT: This article aims to discuss some issues concerning the archaeological museum and how it relates with the territory and the public. Archaeological site museums in particular will considered – that is those closely connected to an archaeological site – in order to demonstrate trough the U.K. example, how this kind of museum that best increases awareness of the importance of the conservation of archaeological and historical heritage.
Archaeology in context
In 1964 with the Venice Charter ICOMOS[1] declared that a “A monument is inseparable from the history to which it bears witness and from the setting in which it occurs”[2], thus emphasizing the importance of connecting the historical sites and the monuments with the culture of the place where they are located. The Venice Charter aims to protect all kinds of monuments, but the same idea was even more clearly expressed by ICOMOS in 1990 (Losanna Charter), referring in particular to the archaeological sites, with the declaration that “the overall objective of the cultural heritage management should be the preservation of monuments and sites in situ”[3].






